24 January 2019
The Free National Movement Member of Parliament for Centreville, Reece Chipman yesterday served notice in the House of Assembly of his decision to resign as a member of the powerful Public Accounts Committee. In a letter to the Speaker of the House of Assembly Mr. Chipman said, “In light of the absence of a House […]
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23 January 2019
Bahamas Gaming Operators Association (BGOA) Chief Executive Officer, Gershan Major, told Rotarians yesterday of efforts to ensure that there is a safety net in place to protect those most vulnerable engaging in gaming. “We have today, over 200 persons on a self-exclusion list,” he said. “Those individuals are some of who excluded themselves, some of […]
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23 January 2019
Bahamas Hotel and Managerial Union and the management of the Grand Lucayan Resort, Lucayan Renewal Holdings Ltd., are still meeting and talking things over when it comes to Voluntary Separation Packages (VSEP’s) for the line staff at the resort in Grand Bahama. Minister of Labour, Senator Dion Foulkes, confirmed with reporters just before the weekly […]
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23 January 2019
Tourism Minister Dionsio D’Aguilar says, “ since the coming to office of the Free National Movement government in May 2017, some 10,000 jobs have been created. He said the Tourism sector saw an upswing in employment between May and November 2018. Referring to the Labour report released on Monday, Mr. D’Aguilar said, “ most […]
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23 January 2019
People are talking, that’s the one thing that has come out of the fiasco called The Fyre Festival – a high end luxury concert set for the Exumas in Spring 2017 that failed miserably, according to Minister of Tourism Dioniso D’Aguilar. Speaking with reporters outside Tuesday’s weekly cabinet meeting, he said yes, the situation […]
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23 January 2019
The Nassau Airport Developement Company’s (NAD) is moving ahead with plans for and on-site hotel at the Lynden Pindling International Airport. NAD has issued a request for proposals outlining submission guidelines to prospective proponents. According to NAD, the successful proponent will design, finance, construct and operate a three star or more hotel that should meet […]
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22 January 2019
Former Cabinet Minister Fred Mitchell says the latest labour statistics are “indicative of the fact that unemployment in the Bahamas is worse”. Things, he said, are moving in the wrong direction, and this despite the signs and warnings the government continues to double down in what he called its “depressing menu of stop, review, cancel […]
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22 January 2019
A young Bahamian, Mario Deveaux, yesterday afternoon stood before Magistrate, Ambrose Armbrister on a litany of ammunition charges. Deveaux, who was arrested in Rock Sound Eleuthera, was charged on one count each of possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of ammunition, possession of ammunition with the intent to supply and possession of a component part […]
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22 January 2019
Netflix’s documentary on the infamous Fyre Fest Fiasco in the Exumas had a lot of tongues awagging after show producers accused two former public officials and a University president of corruption. Yesterday University of The Bahamas President Dr. Rodney Smith is seeking to clear his name from the discussion. The documentary spoke of festival organizers […]
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22 January 2019
The government of The Bahamas has signed a contract with EAA Company Limited- a Japanese car inspection company in hopes of eliminating the possibility of radioactive cars being imported to The Bahamas. According to the Arawak Port Development, in 2016, more than 11,000 passenger and commercial Japanese used cars were imported to The Bahamas. A […]
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